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Szczecin | Advent Concert for the Independent

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On December 18, 2018 at 6.00 p.m., the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin will host the Advent Concert for The Independent. The first part will feature the world premiere of The Independent oratorio by Artur Cieślak.

The composition was written in the summer of 2018 to commemorate the centenary of Poland regaining its independence. It is intended for soprano, tenor, bass, reciting voice, mixed choir and orchestra. The oratorio consists of three parts. Each of them refers to a certain historical event, which is an important part of the struggle for independence. The first part is devoted to the November Uprising, the second part to the January Uprising and the third is related to the events of 1918. Fragments of the November Night and Liberation by Stanisław Wyspiański, poems by Kornel Ujejski and the legionary poet Józef Mączka, and fragments of Józef Piłsudski's and Stefan Żeromski's prose were used as a text. The stylistics of the musical language oscillates between sharp sounds with an avant-garde aftertaste and traditional euphonic solutions, which constantly permeate.

The Independent oratorio will be presented for the first time on December 18, 2018 at the Szczecin Philharmonic. The patron of the project is the Academy of Art in Szczecin. The performers will be lecturers and students of this university: Sylwia Burnicka-Kalischewska (soprano), Tomasz Krzysica (tenor), Janusz Lewandowski (bass-baritone), Krystyna Maksymowicz-Ambros (recitation), the Academy of Art choir prepared by Barbara Halec and the orchestra of the Academy of Arts under director of Norbert Twórczyński.

In the second part of the concert, traditional carols and Christmas songs will be performed by soloists and students of the Academy of Art in Szczecin. Preparation of students: Małgorzata Bornowska, Joanna Gajda, Barbara Halec, Tomasz Licak, Anna Tarnowska, and Jolanta Szczepaniak. Organ: Jakub Stefek. Piano: Michał Landowski.

The event co-financed from the budget of the Westpomeranian Region and the City of Szczecin. Co-organization: Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin, the Academia Nova Foundation.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Katowice | Concerts as part of the Academic Conference "Wind and percussion chamber music"

Koncerty

The Department of Wind and Percussion Instruments invites you to concerts of the Academic Conference "Wind and Percussion Chamber Music", which will take place on December 17-18, 2018 at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.

On December 17 at 6.00 pm, LutosAir Quintet, one of the National Forum of Music resident ensemble, will perform in the concert hall of the Krakow Academy. The quintet founded in 2013, on the centenary of Witold Lutosławski’s birth, is one of the most active and versatile Polish wind ensembles. It is made up of the soloists of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic: Jan Krzeszowiec – flute, Wojciech Merena – oboe, Maciej Dobosz – clarinet, Alicja Kieruzalska – bassoon, Mateusz Feliński – French horn. During the concert in the Academy in Katowice, Tomasz Żymła will join the band on the bass clarinet. The musicians will perform the Quintet for wind instruments by Tadeusz Szeligowski, Six bagatelles by György Ligeti and Sixtuor by Jean Françaix.

The following day the chamber ensembles of the Wind and Percussion Instruments will perform. The conference will also include chamber workshops, which will be led by prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Płużek, prof. Roman Siwek and Vadim Simongauz. During the conference sessions, papers will be delivered by: Adrianna Lis, adt dr hab. Krzysztof Fiedukiewicz, as. Tomasz Żymła, dr hab. Michał Mazurkiewicz, prof. AM.

Full programme is available here.

Goniądz | Jubilee Concert on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Michał Rajewski's artistic work

Rajewski Michal

Conductor Michał Rajewski will celebrate 20 years of artistic work with a jubilee concert on December 16, 2018 at 1.00 p.m. in the St. Agnes Church in Goniądz.

Michał Rajewski graduated from the Diocesan Organ Studies in Pelplin, the University of Casimir the Great in Bydgoszcz, the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts in Kalisz. He expanded his knowledge and passion at Postgraduate Choirmaster Studies at the Feliks Nowowiejsk Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. Currently, he is a student of two majors at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

Michał Rajewski was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit by the President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski for his artistic contribution for to the promotion of culture. As a soloist, he collaborates with many choirs performing during vocal and instrumental concerts. He is a founder and conductor of many choirs and ensembles, he also performs the function of artistic director of choir festivals.

The jubilee concert will feature Vocal Ensemble Omnis Mea and Chamber Choir Endorfina from Warsaw, choirs of the parish of St. Agnes in Goniądz, and the Ad Hoc Chamber Orchestra conducted by Michał Rajewski. The soloists will be Wioleta Sędzik (soprano) and Julia Janiak (mezzo-soprano). The musicians will present works by Wacław of Szamotuły, Mikołaj Gomółka, Henryk Jan Botor, Łukasz Urbaniak, Józef Świder, Ola Gjeilo, Edvard Grieg, Anton Bruckner, Charles Gounod, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

VIII Międzynarodowy Festiwal Chóralny i Orkiestrowy w Poreč (Istria, Chorwacja)

FestivalW dniach 3-7 kwietnia 2019 roku odbędzie się Istra Music Festival. Ostateczny termin zgłoszenia udziału w wydarzeniu mija 15 lutego 2019 roku.

Największy półwysep Morza Adriatyckiego jest najpopularniejszym celem turystycznym Chorwacji. Mimo względnie małej powierzchni Istrii, na odwiedzających czeka tutaj niesamowita różnorodność imponujących krajobrazów. Połączenie piękna przyrody, mocy uzdrowicielskiej powietrza, słońca i morza, a także gościnności mieszkańców działają tu jak czar. Oprócz pięknych parków, malowniczych brzegów kamiennych i długich plaży riwiera chorwacka oferuje wiele wydarzeń kulturalnych pierwszej klasy, takich jak Istra Music Festival z zespołami chóralnymi i orkiestrami z całego świata. Warunkiem uczestnictwa w Festiwalu jest wykonanie dowolnego programu (30 – 45 min.).

Szczegółowe informacje znajdują się na stronie: https://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com/miedzynarodowy-festiwal-choralny-i-orkiestrowy-w-istrii-chorwacja.phtml 

VIII Międzynarodowy Festiwal Chórów i Orkiestr w Rzymie (Włochy)

FestiwalW dniach 13-17 marca 2019 roku odbędzie się Roma Music Festival. Ostateczny termin zgłoszenia udziału w wydarzeniu mija 15 stycznia 2019 roku.

Tytuły "Wieczne Miasto" czy też "Centrum Świata" nie są zbyt skromne. Jednak szczyci się nimi włoska metropolia i akcentuje swe znaczenie w historii świata. Podczas krótkiej wizyty nie ma wręcz możliwości zapoznania się ze wszystkimi atrakcjami miasta o historii liczącej sobie trzy tysiące lat. Z kilku najważniejszych wymieńmy tu: Watykan z Bazyliką św. Piotra i Placem Świętego Piotra, Schody Hiszpańskie, Katakumby, Koloseum, Forum Romanum czy też handlową dzielnicę uciech Trastevere. Ową różnorodną paletę kulturową tegoż wyjątkowego miasta mogą Państwo wzbogacić swoim udzialem w koncertach odbywających się w kościołach oraz salach koncertowych podczas Roma Music Festival. Warunkiem uczestnictwa w wydarzeniu jest wykonanie dowolnego programu (30 – 45 min.).

Szczegółowe informacje dostępne są na stronie: https://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com/miedzynarodowy-festiwal-chorow-i-orkiestr-w-rzymie-wlochy.phtml 

Kraków | Baroque-contemporary salon

Chor Polskiego Radia

On the 400th anniversary of the death of Gulio Caccini – one of the founders of the Florentine Camerata and the author of a theoretical treatises on "new music" – the Polish Radio Choir invites you to a concert that will take place in Villa Decius on December 16, 2018 at 5.00 p.m.

The concert will be held as part of the "Music Salon of the Polish Radio Choir at the Villa Decius" series, which aims to present contemporary music and initiate meetings with composers led by culture critics and journalists. For the third year in a row, the concerts have been held at the Krakow Villa Decius, which half a thousand years ago was designed as a space for the exchange of ideas, becoming an important place on the European cultural map.

As part of the December concert, Caccini's compositions from the collection of Le Nuove Musiche and works by continuators of stile rappresentativo – Claudio Monteverdi, Alessandro Grandi and Heinrich Schütz – will be performed. The culmination of the evening will be a contemporary composition by Andrzej Kwieciński  Per non pensare, which refers directly to the Baroque period. The works will be performed by: Anna Zawisza (soprano), Anna Wiktoria Swoboda (chittarone) and pianists Martyna Zakrzewska and Paulina Woś. An introduction about the birth of the accompanied monody – a breakthrough point in the history of music – will be given by Ewa Szczecińska and Magdalena Łoś-Komarnicka from the Programme 2 of Polish Radio.

Information on tickets at: https://fundacjasonoris.org/show/caccini-monteverdi-kwiecinski/ 

Poznań | Premiere of Ignacy Jan Paderewski's "Manru"

Manru

On December 15, 2018 at 7.00 p.m. at the Grand Theater in Poznan there will be a premiere of Manru – the only opera written by Ignacy Jan Paderewski and the only Polish work that was staged at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (in 1902).

It is difficult to find a Polish opera so much fitting in the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising, and at the same time so relevant today. Its author – Ignacy Jan Paderewski – is an icon of insurgent fights started in Poznan on December 27, 1918.  How does the story written by Alfred Nossig over a century ago look like today

The production of the work directed by Marek Weiss is in line with the idea of a socially engaged opera. He transfers Manru to present times where some tendencies have not changed at all. This astonishingly topical story is love in the world of intolerance, class and ethnic divisions.  It also touches the problems of two communities, none of which is clearly positive.  With the language used by the director interpreting the work from the beginning of the 20th century you have the impression of commune with a completely modern work.

On December 13 at 6:00 p.m., a lecture titled "What leader would you follow? Ignacy Jan Paderewski and the modern paradigm of leadership" will be led by Izabela Stachurska, while on December 15 at 5:15 pm a meeting with director Marek Weiss will take place. The next performances of the opera will take place on December 16 and 18, 2018.

A co-production of the Grand Theater – National Opera in Warsaw and Stanisław Moniuszko Grand Theater in Poznań.  Participation of  Stanisław Moniuszko  Grant Theater in Poznan co-financed from the funds of Greater Poland Voivodeship. The performance is staged as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Greater Poland uprising.

More information at: https://opera.poznan.pl/pl/manru 

Verdi's "La Traviata" live from MET on December 15th

TraviataLa traviata in a new staging by Michael Mayer and under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin opens a new era at The Metropolitan Opera. This extremely popular opera by Giuseppe Verdi will be broadcast live to theaters around the world on December 15, 2018. At the Warsaw Cinema "Praha", the broadcast will take place at 18:35 p.m.

Verdi's work will be the first premiere that Nézet-Séguin will lead as the new music director of the New York scene. Michael Mayer’s richly textured new production feature a dazzling 19th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns to the Met for the first time since 2015 to sing the role of Alfredo, Violetta’s hapless lover. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is Alfredo’s father, Germont, who destroys their love. Later performances feature Anita Hartig, Stephen Costello, Artur Ruciński, and Plácido Domingo.

The show lasts about 3 hours and 40 minutes (including 2 breaks). Presentation in the original language (Italian) with Polish subtitles.

The list of cinemas in Poland, where you can watch broadcasts from the Bolshoi Theater, is available here.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: Artur Ruciński

Warsaw | Premieres of "Dźwiękowisko" series

Chołoniewski

On December 16, 2018, the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute in Wrasaw will held a concert of premieres featuring the works of Marek Chołoniewski, Przemysław Zych, Rafał Zapała and the Polish premiere of Anthèmes 2 by Pierre Boulez. The concert will be repeated on December 18, 2018 in Krakow's Cricoteka.

The concerts are part of the "Dźwiękowisko" series, which was inaugurated in 2014 by the "Harmonies and Noises" Music Foundation in cooperation with the Institute of Music and Dance. The events of the cycle includes works that assume the cooperation of professional musicians with large groups of amateur youth. Their authors are well-known Polish composers. These pieces are presented at the concerts next to the prominent works of contemporary music performed by musicians specializing in this field. Programmes designed in this way also engage audiences, usually reduced to the role of passive listeners.

In the multimedia compositions En Rondeau by Przemyslaw Zych and TeGeLaR by Marek Chołoniewski (in the photo), the well-known artists and debutants will be joined by a group of amateurs – the high school students of the Warsaw School of Culture and Education. Among professional performers we will find Anna Kwiatkowska (violin), Rafał Zapała (sound projection), Kazimierz Pyzik (double bass), Leszek Wiśniowski (saxophone), and Tomasz Chołoniewski (drums). Rafał Zapała will enrich the unconventional formula of the concert  with his No Meaning Detected, in which the audience participates in a dialogue with a performer and a speech synthesizer. "Classics of modernity" is represented by Pierre Boulez's Anthèmes 2 – a masterpiece of one of the greatest contemporary composers not yet performed in Poland.

Documentation of the previous "Dźwiękowisko" events (film recordings of works by Sławomir Wojciechowski, Maciej Jabłoński, Eunho Chang and Lidia Zielińska) is available at: www.dzwiekowisko.pl.

Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund under the "Collections" programme – "Composing Commissions" priority, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

More information at: https://harmonieihalasy.wordpress.com/

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